The Music Room #6: Crossing Over
Music these days is divided into genres. Top-selling recordings are measured by how they do compared to others in their class, so there's a top ten pop list, a top ten country, a top ten classical....
View ArticleScott Bloch's Special Deputy - Who is James M. Byrne?
Our initial euphoria that Karl Rove would finally be investigated died down quickly when Scott Bloch, head of the Office of Special Counsel, was revealed to be under investigation himself. Today's Los...
View ArticleThe Music Room #7 - Won't Play It
Some songs do not deserve to become hits. Some songs are very well written, performed, or produced and still become annoying because they're overplayed. Either way, every musician has a mental list...
View ArticleMusic Room #8 - Cinco de Mayo Edition
Madre de Dios, is it the weekend already? Time for Music Room! Cuarto de Música! The madre y padre are visting, so I don't have time to write a nice themed diary. This isn't quite a siesta, but it...
View ArticleThe Music Room #9 - Continuous Improvement
Last week, I had a poll that asked if you were getting better or worse in your music-making. This week, let's discuss that. What techniques are you working on that will make you a better musician?...
View ArticleThe Music Room #10 - Music To Go
I'm furiously packing for a school trip. My son and I will be exploring the Gold Country of California along with thirty classmates, his teacher, her aide, and 15 other parents.Of course I'm bringing...
View ArticleThe Music Room #11 - 5th Birthday Edition
DailyKos is five years old! And so were all of us, once.Five year olds love music. Give any five year old a wooden spoon and a cabinet full of pots and pans, and out comes a percussion glutton!...
View ArticleMusic Room #12 - Missed the Gig Monday
My signature says that Music Room appears every weekend. Whole weekend looked open, but life got in the way.So, as I post this week's Music Room a day late, a dollar short, and years behind in blog...
View ArticleMusic Room #13 - Guitar Hero, Threat or Menace?
After the horrific Columbine school shooting, some people blamed video games for the perpetrators' violent behavior. Scores of war simulations, shooting fantasies, and violent attack games, the...
View ArticleCalifornia Wildfires: Liveblog XXXV -- 9:24 PM PDT
DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS DIARY. Go RECOMMEND THE MOTHERSHIP and keep it in the Recommended Diary list. This is the thirty-fifth in a series of diaries providing information regarding the California...
View ArticleThe Music Room Returns! #14 - CA Wildfire Edition
After helping out with the liveblogging effort covering the wildfires in Southern California, I realized it's time to bring back the Music Room series.Natural disasters can cause havoc in anyone's...
View ArticleMcCain's campaign on fire, reversed, stopped
On Tuesday night, InsultComicDog posted one of the funniest diaries in a long time. John McCain's forward-thinking campaign crew decided he needed one them intertubes websight doohickies, and they set...
View ArticleThe Music Room #15 - Fathers Day Edition
It's been too long since I ran one of these! So let's call this one a Fathers Day Present, either to you, your dad, or that special Dad to someone else in your life.How did your dad affect your view...
View ArticleThe Music Room #16 - Gotta Have Gear
Every hobby has its own panoply of bizarre-looking tools, machines, and items that a non-hobbyist can't possibly understand by just picking it up and looking at it. Why should music be any...
View ArticleMove My Money: Stage I Accomplished (w/poll)
Today I opened a new account at a local credit union.I've got an account at Wells Fargo... and it hasn't far to go... away. I called a local credit union, confirmed I could open an account with them,...
View ArticleMove My Money: Complete! Hyah, Wells Fargo! (+ poll!)
In a previous diary, I mentioned that I wanted to be part of Operation Move Your Money, so I opened up a new account at a local credit union.Since my new checks arrived and my initial deposit cleared,...
View ArticleIs Komen Planning to Replace Karen Handel?
Susan G. Komen for the Cure has written the textbook on how not to manage an institutional crisis. Last Tuesday, we learned the breast cancer charity was no longer going to fund Planned Parenthood's...
View ArticleACTION DIARY: Support Sandra Fluke... in 30 seconds
This diary is going to be short and sweet, because this is one of the simplest ways for us to show our support to Sandra Fluke.As you've all been following, Sandra Fluke is the Georgetown Law student...
View ArticleHELP! My Credit Union wants to become a Bank!
Big banks have been getting some big lumps, and progressives have responded by encouraging depositors to Move Your Money to a Credit Union. But what if your Credit Union decides it would rather be a...
View ArticleHow to Destroy a Top Notch School District: Open a Charter School!
In yesterday's War on Workers weekly entry, Laura Clawson had a link to this fascinating story of the Los Altos (CA) school district and their woes with an "extremely litigious charter school." I had...
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